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APPLIOATION FILED JAN. 11, 1909.

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JOHN J. PLOWMAN, OF WATERPORT, NEW YORK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 13, 1909.

Application led January 11, 1909. Serial No. 471,708.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOI-1N J. PLowMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Vaterport, in the county of Orleans and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gates and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in gates and comprises various details of construction, combinations and arrangements of parts which will be hereinafter fully described in the appended claims.

I illustrate my invention in the accompanying drawings, in which:-

Y Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved gate, showing in dotted lines the gate in a raised position. Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail perspective view showing means for holding the gate in adjusted position.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, A designates a post to which one end of the gate is held by means of a strap B in which a pivot pin C is mounted and upon which pin a cam lever D is journaled, said cam adapted to bear frictionally against the end pieces E of the gate to hold the same frictionally against the face of said ost. Guide piecesEproject from the strips one upon either side of the post A. The vertically disposed cross-pieces If of the vate have pivotally connected thereto the longitudine strips G which in turn are pivotally connected between the strips E as shown. Intermediate the strips F and E are the vertically disposed transverse strips K which are pivotally connected to the strips G, and I designates a awl which is ivotally mounted upon a pin carried by t e strips K and is adapted to engage the teeth of the locking bar O which slides longitudinally upon one of the strips G.y Pins Ol project from the opposite sides of the locking bar and are adapted to contact with the strips K to limit the longitudinal movement of said bars. Fastened to the inner face of one of the strips F is a metallic plate J having a roughened face, and Q is a similar metallic strip fastened to the front faces or face of the strip K adjacent to the strips F and preferably secured below the longitudinal center of the strip K. A strip N is pivotally connected to the strips F and K at any suitable location, preferably adjacent to their longitudinal centers, and N is a pin fastened to lthe strip N and also to one of the longitudinal strips G and upon which pin N a locking bar R is pivotally mounted, the ends of which locking bar are beveled, as shown, and are adapted to engage the spurs or projections S upon thc plates J and Q and serve to normally hold the gate in any raised and ad justed position.

From the foregoing, it will be noted that, by the provision of the strip B fastened to the post A, the rear end of the gate may be held in different vertical positions, while the tilting bar R having its beveled ends is adapted to engage the spurs upon the plates J and Q so as vto hold the gate in any suitable partially folded position, as will be readily understood.

What I claim to be new is 1. A folding gate having longitudinal and transverse strips pivoted together, spurred plates upon the adjacent faces of said transverse strips, a bar pivotally mounted upon the gate intermediate said spurred plates, the beveled ends of said bar designed to engage the spurs of said plates to hold the gate in a raised position, as set forth.

2. A folding gate having longitudinal and transverse strips pivoted together, spurred plates fastened to the adjacent edges of said transverse strips, one above and the other below the longitudinal center of the gate, a bar pivotally mounted upon the gate intermediate said spurred plates and having beveled ends adapted to engage said spurs to hold the gate in a raised position, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afIiX my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOIIN J. PLOWMAN.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM I-I. ROBINSON, ED. O. GRINNELL. 

